The Wilmingtonian., 1887-03-26
Artistic and historical.

The q. A. Il. Of Wilmington have ar
ranged q novel aud InstluGlne attraction
iur our citizeus, at the Ops HOUSE, hluh-
DAY and Iuesusy, hlarcu 2SSn anu ss.h.
Allausements nave ueen inade with Col.
ABOVE dates, Frank u. Brlscue's great paint
ing vi the ''Dallle oi Getty suurg."
rnis painting lepleoents tue ten tragic
auu startling epsvios uf the mouoraUie
bavLIe oI Ge,JysOulg, III lon sceues.
Tnu Imuieuslly " lnese Paintings can be
appreciated when IL ID stated Iuat each one
ropr,svl,ls III s,zo tnu diop cultaln ol tie
sLase.
epeaAeI, Wuv uouimauueTa or.sa Ia Gen-
elal hauevck's corps, MI. uesiguate ali oi
Lue cuuluIsnuIug pulnJs III tne scoue ol bat
Tic, and WIN lell tho s,uly vi the & oseiy con-
| tested sLiuggio iIvm las voinniencelIenL w
ttsts ciuse.
| slne part taken by tue lot amt aud Deia-
awa are III Liie engagement wlli give our ciLi-
xsus 4 pelsvuai Interest iu Inc piUpuseu en-
teItaiuInent.
IL will be remembered that in the thF,,
days tigut tue LIST Delaware broke Lhruugt
PeItysrew's lines aud created pane IL
pIcKstt's flank; auu The 2uu Delaware, VI
second day, maue mnst d bllilIaut record il
It's uasnlng attack on the exLemo leiG All,
trout Ut Tue army.
Tue School Boa,d have very wisely giant
ed "a hall monday on Tuesday 50 as 10 ALLOW
tue children the advantage vi having ike
il Ineir minds lhe data auu The general uut
lines OF this historical event.
We venture the assertion that a child ca
get better defined ideas ot tuIs battle, mex
Tuesday aftcruuuD, than by o TWO mouth
reading.
: Tue Governor aud Legislature have al
| cepted an iuyatatlun to be pIseut Tuesda
evening which will ,gve additional eclat t
to the OCCASION.
AS is generally known the G.. A. II. wa
instituted for the express purpofe Uf carlu
d lur disabled veterans, aid as a major part {
them lett their cuuntry's seivce eitht
n manned or disabled by the exposure ii
cldent TO so diers' experience there is
constant drain upon the resources of of II
active mem bershIp.
b Were the Painting of the Battle Of Getty
J. burg without merit, the chaIita0leness
:, the object Tor hich it Is. brought should ii
yite Wholesale encouragement, but IL
Painting is Of pronounced merit paiutt
70 by the emint mt artist, Frank ID. BriEcoe, al
c. an able corps of assistants. Months of lab
,e and an immense expenditure has enable
THE GETTYSBURG EXPOSITION L
to put on the stage the must extensive al
realistic representation of the great victu
Sc covering thousands of feet oi canvas. FIgu'
81 are life size.
" SCENE FIRST.-OpeninR OF the bat
h at McPhersou's woods. Death Of Gen. RI
, uulds. Cutters Brigade fires the first sh
The Iron Brigade going into action.
SCENE SECOND.-Evening Of the fl
is day-Retreat of the 1st and 11th corpa.
ut. SCENE THlRD.-Geaeral Hancock
N, irving on the field aud assumes comma
i, and checks the defeat. Brilliant group
officers on East Cslnetery Hill, HancU
Do Howard, Doubleday, Warren, etc.
In SCENE FOURTH. Noon of the SecC
ZEN day-The Devils Den. Terrific tighti
Near the peach orchard.
SCENE FIFTH. Afternoon of the
l' ond day-L,ttle Round Top. Terrible hi
'eo to hand fighting. SD Pa, 23th Maine, !
zap Mich, Hazlette's Battery, etc. Death
res Generals " eede, Vincent, O'Rourk, I
ion letIle, etc.
SCENE SIXTH.--Fvening of the Sec
day-Brlllant charg, of the Pennsylvs
MS Reserves over the Valley of Death.
Ally SCENE SEyENTH.-Nrghto of the
you ond day-Rrckett's Battery hurls the Lo
,os lana Tigers from East Cemetery Hill.
SCENE notwithstanding of the T
quo day-The 19th corpe driving the Confe
the ates out of our works on Culp's Hill.
and SCENE NINTH.-Noon of the T
tied day-The cavalry fight On the right of
army,
SCENE TENTH.-AfternOon Of
''"' Third day-Eud of the battle. Pick
'een charge aud total defeat of the euemy.
the thousand prisoners, fifteen thousand s.
of small arms. Th'ty-three battle flag